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A NEW GIVEAWAY CONTEST ON COTE DE TEXAS

The Cote de Texas sponsor, Lewis and Sheron Textiles, in business since 1944, is one of the largest on-line fabric stores. In addition, they also have a store in Atlanta where lucky throngs can shop in person for discounted fabrics, rugs, and other home décor items.

Their inventory is huge. Here are some of their beautiful blue and white fabrics. I spy a look alike Carlton V fabric, third from the top. Don’t these make you want to go decorate a beach house?

Here is a selection of their brights that the younger set gravitates towards. I really love the suzani prints here.

My age group tends to like these more muted tones of blues and creams and grays. These would make a beautiful living room or bedroom.

Today, I had so much fun picking out a few fabrics I like from their “New Arrivals” collection. I tried to coordinate them in sets of three. Here are some of the favorites:

Grays and beiges together.

Dusty blues, beige and brown.

Chartreuse, indigo and light blue.

Blues and grays.

Golden yellow and beige.

Blues and grays and white.

Grays, white and black.

HOW TO ENTER THE CONTEST:

Now, it’s YOUR turn to find your own favorites! To enter the contest, visit the Lewis and Sheron web site HERE and pick out your own favorite fabric. Come back here and leave me a comment telling me which fabric you picked.

Finally, if you are a member of Facebook – please go to Lewis and Sheron’s Facebook page HERE and “LIKE “their web site.

That’s it!

THE GIVEAWAY:

The giveaway: A $100.00 gift certificate to Lewis and Sheron Textiles!

CONTEST DATES:

Contest closes this TUESDAY at 11:59 pm.

NOTE: If you are the winner, you will be able to pick out whatever you like, regardless of what you comment is your favorite. I won’t hold you to that choice!

Good luck!!!

My niece Brooke and Riley

And, finally, you remember my tales of Riley, my nephew-dog HERE. My nephew Jeffrey and his wife Brooke adopted Riley who just recently turned 7 months. We were thrilled to welcome Riley into our extended family – he’s a look-alike Cavalier King Charles Spaniel to our daughter Elisabeth’s own dog Lucy. When Jeff and Brooke traveled, we were so excited to keep Riley with us – most recently for over two weeks while they took a trip to celebrate their 1st wedding anniversary. Because of this, we got to know Riley very well and came to love him as if he were our own. Sadly, he got ill last weekend and never recovered. We are all heartbroken. So, today, if you have a cat or a dog or both, just hug them a little bit closer.

Oh what a great contest and what GREAT timing!! We are about to move into a new home and Lulu would look fabulous as curtains in my sweet Tweens room!!! Thanks so much for this post...it was so fun to look at all of L&S new fabrics..they are gorgeous!!!!Thanks....KathyKwwilliams40@hotmail.com

So many to choose from so I will start with Coral Beach for outside or maybe Flower Show OD! Moving inside I would go with your selection of the blues and grays! Thank you for the opportunity to participate :)

http://lsfabrics.com/fabric/hollywood-l-cl Hollywood is ab fab! It's glamorous but unpretentious and corny but cool. I would use it to recover the ottoman in my closet. When unsure of which shoes to wear, I could just glance at Marlon Brando and see where his gaze rests.

I'm so sad to hear about Riley...dogs have such a way of stealing our hearts!

And on another note - I LOVE "Taj A/RK2!" We have just moved and every room in the house needs "doing." I'm focusing on my girls' room right now. We have an antique victorian sofa (not my fav, but a family piece). I want to recover it in something youthful and fun and the girls want lime green and pink in the fabrics for their room - I think this would be a PERFECT fabric!

This is just what I need to get me to pick out fabric for drapes for my living room. I think I'd go for a silk. Lots of bright colors in my living room so I think I need to go more neutral on the windows. So sorry to hear about Riley! Thanks for this opportunity.

First I am so sorry about Riley, I know how special he was to you!! Thanks so much for posting this, I was unaware of the site!! I liked the blue woven, the Aladdin and the deane embroidery--lots of choices!! Leslie

Loved so many of their fabrics, but picked Tulip Toile in Robins Egg. It would make lovely drapes in my family room, but I'm glad you're not holding me to it... cause it's so hard to choose just one. Thanks!

Hi , For the contest I would pick the HL Brisbane, in 245 Peat Moss cuz I love that it is a printed houndstooth check, and it would go with so many of the bold floral and paisley prints I have. Great website. Thank you!

I was saddened to hear about Riley. It's awful.I know you became attached to him when he stayed with you.I'm grieving too now.I know it's not the same but people feel that way about their pets.I've been very sad about our angel.I need a dog now.I once had a Cavalier.Maybe it's time for another!Now, I love this company. I liked their page.I would have LOVED it if I could have. I've ordered some stuff but I need lots more.I adore that silk called 'DRAMA.'I love the Ikats.I love Timuri Seashore with Orro Patola.I love that dotted 'Dodge Ball' for Sarah's room with 'Belami.'I'm seriously going to get fabric from there and not just because of this contest.I love it!I love the art too.Have you seen it? I have to cheer myself up after all this. Margie

So sorry to hear about Riley, its always hard to lose a family member. I have searched in vain for your email on this site but was unable to find it, I have a question about a previous post and a certain angel from Olivines that they no longer carry, do you know of anyone that does. Love all the fabrics and love your posts, I always enjoy them, jeanne

I loved the Natural silk fabric ( 90164) and there were many more that I would've loved as well! So sorry to hear about Riley…our Cavalier ( that looks identical to Riley) isn't doing very well right now either so I certainly understand y'alls sadness! We've had Rosie for 8 years and can't imagine life without her! Anyway, loved the post and hope you are enjoying a nice weekend!Carolyn

Sorry to hear of the loss of the puppy-I know from experience it is a difficult time.Thanks for the giveaway! I love Dress up Dungarees- pretty blue paisley.I enjoy your blog and all the inspiration. szarzana65378@comcast.net

So sorry to hear about Riley..I will definitely give my pup - Savannah an extra hug today.I love this giveaway..I am currently searching for fabrics - drapes for my bedroom and cushions in the breakfast room.Many beautiful fabrics but if I had to choose one it would be calligraphic in the novelty fabrics. I also liked them onfacebook. Thanks for introducing me to this great resource. Have a great Sunday! Sharon @ skmatte@aol.com

I find myself drooling over L&S fabric often. It puts my local fabric store to shame! My favorite fabric (although there are many)at the moment is Noa in Brandy http://lsfabrics.com/fabric/noa I would love to use it to recover some cushions at my breakfast table.

I've always loved ikat and have been loyal to the print even when it's not in style! My favorite fabric (and it's so hard to choose just one!) from Lewis & Sheron is khandar blue ikat. Thanks for a great contest, Joni! And thank you to Lewis & Sheron as well.

Morning Joni,So very sorry to hear about Riley, my Dixie just got a big hug, glad you shared that with us.I have a little extra chair that I have been debating either to add a touch of check or an ikat. Finding the Raleigh Ikat Pld solved my Libra decision angst! I look at fabric online all the time and can't believe I haven't come across this site. Thanks so much for sharing Lewis & Sharon. Also loved their little comment about skirted tables in the wood table section. I am only a couple of hours from Atlanta, yay, it's on my visit list next journey up there. I used the like link from their webpage. A beautiful Sunday to all.Regine

My deepest condolences over Riley's passing. My pets are truly every bit a part of my family and I'm heartbroken when I lose one. I just found the LS website and found a number of fabrics that I love and have pinned to my Pinterest boards. Right now, I'm thinking that Zanzibar will work for my living & dining room! Off to FB now to like!

I'm so sorry to hear about Riley. Our 1 year old Brittany was recently diagnosed with terminal lymphoma the next few weeks are sure going to be tough. I'm thinking of your niece and nephew during this difficult time.

I love Lewis and Sheron! The Aladdin in Slate would look nice for couch pillows.

I am a huge Lewis and Sheron fabrics fan and try to go as often I as I can. They have the friendliest, and most helpful staff! Not to mention the best prices and fabrics in town! This contest is perfect timing because I am moving to a new house in a month. I desperately need some fabric to recover some chairs and to make pillows! I would have a hard time choosing between the Carnival village blue natural, maxfield sand, towers village blue natural, and Paloma pewter. Can't go wrong either way! That's the great thing about the selection at Lewis and Sheron fabrics!

I traveled from Charlotte to Atlanta to see for myself after the first time you introduced us to Lewis and Sheron Textiles. I bought several items and plan to have pillows made soon with fabrics I selected there! They were extremely helpful and had great ideas for me! Would love to use the $100 gift certificate toward that purchase of Pheasant Hunt fabric and a beautiful trim I found to match!

Hello, thank you Joni for a wonderful introduction.Quite a selection. Some fun ones - Circus in the Novelty section (could be a mural).I like the most a Ephesus (105388) in the Damasks beautiful pattern in style of William Morris for an updated modern bohemian look!Thanks.

I am redoing my master bedroom and have been looking for the right fabric for about 2 years! I am so glad you introduced me to Lewis and Sheron Textiles. I think Brissac in Sapphire just might be what I'm looking for! Thanks so much!

I just went back and read your post about Riley and Lucy this morning; I couldn't remember the name of the product you mentioned... Nature's Miracle. I am so sad to read this news; my heart goes out to your family. Thanks to your blog, I have become a customer at Lewis & Sharon. When I upholstered my couch in a blue tweed fabric, I wanted pillows with blue and red. There was NO such fabric to be found in Nashville. I ordered Cascata from L&S and I am very pleased with the result. The fabric was backordered but L&S sent it as soon as it returned to stock. If I were to win the contest, I would buy some beautiful red and blue trim for a companion solid pillow.

So sorry to hear about Riley--the loss of a dog is such a heartache.Joni, you are spot on as usual--I have loved L & S for years. Your choices above are fabulous (again, as usual!). I am in love with the Bombay Aqua Ikat and corresponding Zig Zag Aqua & trim--been dreaming over those for hours!

Oh...so sorry to hear about Riley. I lost one last summer unexpectedly. I also over 10 years ago had a puppy get sick and die. So heartbreaking. It's hard when dogs die of old age but oh...so much harder when they die so young. I know exactly how sad you all are. I've been there.

I adore the Kazoo in Seaglass. Beautiful colors! My Other favorite fabric Oasis is Mary Jo's Cloth store just outside of Charlotte. It is heaven and I have seen Busses of fabric hungry women arrive in search of the most amazing fabric. You should check it out if you are ever close by. Thanks for the opportunity to enter, Kate S

Our master bedroom is last on the decorating list in our new home. It's tucked away at the back of the house, and because it faces protected woodlands, window coverings just aren't a urgent necessity. I'm looking for a gray small-scale print to frame 3 large windows - a large fabric & workroom order, for sure! Maybe Pacific BO would fit the bill?We lost our Chessie on Good Friday last year - it's a sad day when any family loses a pet. It's hard to find that unconditional love anywhere else.

Wow, I'm so attracted to fabric. I could pick out an endless number but "Windsong" might be perfect for our bedroom which need a little serenity. I can see it lushly draped around the window be tween the bookshelves. Thank for the giveaway. Jo @ Let's Face the Music

I am so sad to hear about Riley. I have a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel named Mr. Darcy, who has been my constant companion for nearly 11 years. During that time, he has suffered from many conditions that I now know to be common among this breed, including mitral valve disease and an ear disorder known as PSOM. Mr. Darcy has been deaf since about age five. I know many people who have lost their Cavaliers during the first two years to mitral valve disease, and many others whose Cavaliers died by age eight. Was that Riley's problem? The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Club is trying to eradicate this condition by not breeding any dog before two years of age, or any dog with a parent that was diagnosed with heart disease before age five. I think they need to do more. It sounds as if Riley did not suffer long, and I am glad for that.